New South Wales Consolidated Acts

POLICE ACT 1990 - SECT 211AA

211AA Testing of officers for steroids

(1) An authorised person may require any police officer who is on duty in accordance with a roster to provide a sample of the police officer's urine for the purpose of testing for the presence of steroids. The selection of police officers for testing pursuant to this subsection is to be conducted on a targeted basis, as determined by the Commissioner.

(2) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following--

(a) the authorisation of persons--

(i) to administer tests for the purpose of detecting the presence of steroids, and

(ii) to operate equipment for that purpose,

(b) the conduct of testing,

(c) the taking of samples of urine,

(d) the devices used in carrying out tests,

(e) the accreditation of persons conducting analyses for the presence of steroids,

(f) the procedure for the handling and analysis of samples of urine,

(g) offences relating to interference with test results or the testing procedure,

(h) the confidentiality of test results,

(i) requests for production of medical prescriptions for steroids and offences relating to failure to comply with such requests.

(3) The annual reporting information prepared for the NSW Police Force under the Government Sector Finance Act 2018 must include details of--

(a) the number of tests for steroids conducted during the annual reporting period to which the information relates, and

(b) the number of those tests that indicated that a police officer had tested positive for the presence of steroids.

(4) In this section--

"authorised person" means a person authorised in accordance with the regulations to conduct tests for the purposes of this section and the regulations.

"steroid" means anabolic and androgenic steroidal agents included in Schedule Four to the Poisons List under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 .